test-drb June 2011

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: Anyone interested in a DiscFerret intro / tutorial

by robert.stek＠gmail.com

I would be interested, especially from the user point of view. Bob Stek Saver of lost Sols

12 years, 11 months

TOPS-10 in a box...

by geneb＠deltasoft.com

http://www.filfre.net/2011/05/tops-10-in-a-box/ g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.simpits.org/geneb - The Me-109F/X Project ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

12 years, 11 months

mini-cassette LDB 4401

by martin.huch＠gmx.de

found your 6 years old post. Are you still interested in Philips LDB4401 mini cassettes (used)? I've got at least one, and I could check for some more. regards Martin Munich, Germany

12 years, 11 months

Interesting teletype/computer artifact...

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

> > http://nistdigitalarchives.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT= > /p15421coll3&CISOPTR=402&CISOBOX=1&REC=8 > > I'm fascinated and a little horrified by this. Was there really a teletype > that could print on toilet paper without shredding it? Or is it that the > US Government in the 1950s made its employees use TP that was tough enough > to survive a run through a teletype?!?! Egad! I don;t know about the States, but over here there was a government issue TP that had a glossy finish (!). It was generally nicknamed 'cowboy' (or similar on the grounts it's rough, it's tough anf it don't take no sh*t. I suspect you could feed that through any teletpye... -tony

12 years, 11 months

What Is It With Mains Filters?

by jonas＠otter.se

>> They are a special type of supposedly "self healing" capacitor able >> to >> withstand spikes without catching fire. >> You would be surprised if you scoped your supply, a lot of spikes > > Be careful if ou try this. One side of the 'scope input is earthed > (and > conencted to the metal case of the 'scope). Not on my 'scope (a Philips PM3540 with a 16 channel logic analyser built in). It is double insulated and the mains plug is a 2-pin Euro-plug. Yes, the inputs are connected to the 'scope chassis and case, but the case is not earthed. /Jonas

12 years, 11 months

Interesting teletype/computer artifact...

by dave.thearchivist＠gmail.com

If you are of a certain age and live in Britain you would know bog paper could be VERY strong. the following is a clip from the web " Minor British Institutions: Izal toilet paper By Sean O'Grady Saturday, 4 July 2009 It is a discomfiting thing to learn that Izal loo roll is still available. Not as discomfiting as it used to be, in the days when this slightly abrasive product was routinely found in school toilets and public conveniences, the harsh price of spending a penny away from home. Today it is not ? quite ? so harsh. San Izal has been rebranded Izal, and the tissue seems less unforgiving than before. Make no mistake, this is not the sort of roll that the Andrex puppy would like to romp around with, but it is just a little less austere than before. The scent of disinfectant seems also to have disappeared, which is a bit of a shame for those who like their khazi karma nice and traditional. It is difficult to believe that, in a world of ultra-soft pastel-hued lavatorial opulence, such a throwback to the age of austerity will still be bought out of choice (it is not particularly cheap either). Some websites market it as a "novelty product". Nostalgia, surely, has its limits: there's no need to scrape the bottom of the barrel. " It would wrinkle into sharp points and hurt ones delicate behind. I could easily see a printer being able to use it. Dave Caroline

12 years, 11 months

Interesting teletype/computer artifact...

by wh.sudbrink＠verizon.net

http://nistdigitalarchives.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT= /p15421coll3&CISOPTR=402&CISOBOX=1&REC=8 I'm fascinated and a little horrified by this. Was there really a teletype that could print on toilet paper without shredding it? Or is it that the US Government in the 1950s made its employees use TP that was tough enough to survive a run through a teletype?!?! Egad!

12 years, 11 months

Bob Pease dies in car accident

by ragooman＠gmail.com

Bob Pease dies in car accident http://tinyurl.com/3btjuar

12 years, 11 months

Anyone interested in a DiscFerret intro / tutorial presentation?

by classiccmp＠philpem.me.uk

Hi guys, A couple of hours ago, I found a copy of some old presentation slides I put together for the "pre-release" DiscFerret which was part of my MEng project presentation. They cover the basics of magnetic data recording (on floppies only, this is before I added MFM HDD support), and how the hardware works. So how about this: a short series of DiscFerret presentations, done on Ustream or Livestream, explaining what it is, what it does, how it works, and how to make it do useful stuff. This would be both from the point of view of a user (DF-LUA / Arthur toolkit) and a programmer (LibDiscFerret API). I was thinking something along the lines of a half-hour (or so, depending on subject matter) presentation, followed by about 20 minutes for Q&A. Now for the Million Dollar Question: would anyone be interested in something like this? Thanks, -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/

12 years, 11 months

Useless thread, RE:Religion, Re: Nazi System 360/370

by jonas＠otter.se

>> >> Manifest in the 70's as HP vs TI. >> > >> > Over here, TI calcualtros were not particularly common. The common >> > brand >> > was (and is, I guess) Casio. >> > >> Interesting, do you know if TI didn't make much market effort over >> there, or their calcs just weren't well-received in the market? > > I don't, I'm afraid. > > TI calculators doexist over here, but if you just went ot buy 'a > caluclator' you'd either get some no-nam hose brand 4-banger or a > Casio > most likely. > > I would estimate that Sharp calculators were actually more common > than TI > over here. > >> >> >> > Of course those of us who prefer RPN bought HPs. When I went to university in 1976, everybody got a calculator. There were two models which sold the most: the TI-57 and the HP-25, virtually no other makes were sold at all. They were essentially equivalent, the TI being rather cheaper but faster. The odd HP-67, SR-52 or TI-59 sold as well, although you had to have rich parents, plenty of savings or mortgage parts of your body to the devil to afford one. HPs were considered the BMWs of calculators, the TIs were the Fords :-) I got an HP-25 which I never regretted, the extra money I spent probably gave me a couple of extra years longer life thanks to less stress using it, owing to RPN. /Jonas

12 years, 11 months

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